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Birmingham: Fire Incidents, Michigan (MI)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 20. The highest number of fire incidents - 59 took place in 2016, and the least - 0 in 2008. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Birmingham, MI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Birmingham:	15.9
Beverly Hills:	23.9
Clawson:	16.0
Bloomfield Township:	0.2
Berkley:	19.4
Royal Oak:	15.8
Troy:	21.2
Southfield:	30.5
Huntington Woods:	15.2

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 1 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend.
30.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Thursday, and the least (9.9%) on Sunday.
According to the 342 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during December, and the least (5.3%) in March.
Out of all 7,993 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.2%), Hazardous Condition (14.1%), and False Alarm (12.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Birmingham, MI
• 4,09251.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1,12514.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1,02712.8%False Alarm
• 87310.9%Service Call
• 4836.0%Good Intent Call
• 3424.3%Fire
• 480.6%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (50.6%), and Outside Fires (27.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Birmingham, MI
• 17350.6%Structure Fires
• 9527.8%Outside Fires
• 4312.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 319.1%Other